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QP affiliate signs LNG deal with Brazil-based CELSE ECONOMY

QP affiliate signs LNG deal with Brazil-based CELSE

Qatar Petroleum said on Saturday its affiliate Ocean LNG has signed a long-term deal to provide Brazil-based CELSE-Centrais Elétricas de Sergipe with liquefied natural gas (LNG) from 2020. Under the deal, Qatar will ship 1.3 million tonnes of LNG per year on an Ex-Ship basis, it said in a statement.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
25 inmates killed in prison clash in Brazil: media INTERNATIONAL

25 inmates killed in prison clash in Brazil: media

At least 25 inmates were killed, including six who were decapitated and burned, in clashes between rival criminal factions at a prison in northeastern Brazil, local media reported.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
BRICS development bank to lend $2.5 bn next year INTERNATIONAL

BRICS development bank to lend $2.5 bn next year

The development bank set up by the BRICS group of emerging economies will ramp up lending to $2.5 billion next year after making its first loans to back green projects, its president KV Kamath told Reuters.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Spanish court reopens fraud investigation against Neymar CULTURE

Spanish court reopens fraud investigation against Neymar

Spain's High Court said on Friday it had reopened a fraud and corruption investigation into Brazilian soccer player Neymar over his transfer to Barcelona from Santos, after an appeal by the public prosecutor.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Brazil's Senate strips Rousseff of presidency INTERNATIONAL

Brazil's Senate strips Rousseff of presidency

Brazil's Dilma Rousseff was stripped of the country's presidency Wednesday in a Senate impeachment vote ending 13 years of leftist rule in Latin America's biggest economy.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Rio hangover as Tokyo grabs baton CULTURE

Rio hangover as Tokyo grabs baton

Rio de Janeiro returned to the cold reality of Brazil's political crisis and recession on Monday after bringing a carnivalesque curtain down on its Olympics festival and passing the torch to Tokyo.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Passports of Irish Olympic officials seized in Rio ticket probe CULTURE

Passports of Irish Olympic officials seized in Rio ticket probe

Brazilian police seized passports of Irish Olympic officials to keep them in Rio de Janeiro for questioning, as authorities intensified their probe into possible ticket scalping involving Ireland's top Olympic official, Patrick Hickey.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Neymar crowned samba king as hosts end on a high CULTURE

Neymar crowned samba king as hosts end on a high

Neymar sent Brazil into ecstasy as he clinched Olympic football gold and Mo Farah sealed a rare distance double-double in a pulsating final evening of track action in Rio ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
US says sorry as swimmers leave Brazil to jeers CULTURE

US says sorry as swimmers leave Brazil to jeers

Two US Olympic swimmers flew home from Brazil on Thursday after a local crowd jeered them, calling them "liars" and "fakes", and police accused them of fabricating a story about being robbed at gunpoint during the Rio Games.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Swim, IOC scandals overshadow Bolt's advance CULTURE

Swim, IOC scandals overshadow Bolt's advance

Brazilian police detained two US swimmers and arrested a top International Olympic Committee official as scandal overshadowed the Rio Games and Usain Bolt's progress toward a new gold.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Neymar leads Brazil into gold medal match CULTURE

Neymar leads Brazil into gold medal match

Neymar scored twice, including the fastest goal in Olympics history, as Brazil coasted into Saturday's gold medal football match with a 6-0 thrashing of Honduras at Rio's iconic Maracana.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Qatar residents find it hard to follow Rio Olympics ARABIA

Qatar residents find it hard to follow Rio Olympics

Unlike the FIFA World Cup 2014, the Olympic games now being held in Brazil has not been able to kick up as much following and enthusiasm among Qatar residents, including Latin American expatriates , it is learnt.

4:45 AM November 25 2016